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From 10 days to 10 minutes.

AI-powered background checks that connect directly to a candidate's employment, government ID, and financial accounts — instead of relying on uploaded paperwork — cutting verification from a 10-day manual process down to as little as 10 minutes for standard checks, one day for comprehensive ones.

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Overview

AI-powered background screening for recruitment and HR teams

A traditional background check means a recruiter chasing references by phone, waiting on a candidate to scan and email documents, and sitting on a hiring decision for a week or two while the paperwork trickles in. That's a real cost — the best candidates take other offers while a check drags on, and manual document review still leaves room for error or fraud.

Smile Checks replaces the chase with account-based verification: a candidate connects their employment, government ID, or financial accounts directly, and results come back verified against the source — not transcribed from a document a recruiter has to trust at face value. Checks range from identity and employment history through criminal background clearance, credentials, gig-platform income, and academic records, delivered to an HR dashboard on a credit-based system so a team only pays for the depth of screening a given role actually needs.

Coverage varies by check type. Checks such as criminal record clearance, social insurance and national health records depend on what each market's authorities make available.

What you get

Features

Identity, employment, and criminal clearance
Core checks verify identity, employment history, and criminal clearance against source records, not self-reported claims.
Account-based verification
Candidates connect accounts directly instead of uploading documents, so results are pulled from source rather than manually reviewed.
Specialized check types
Professional credentials, gig-platform employment, academic records, payslip verification, and PEP/sanctions screening are all available.
Credit-based plans
Pay per check type and depth needed — a light identity check for a low-risk role, a comprehensive bundle for a sensitive one.
HR dashboard delivery
Results land in a single dashboard for the HR team, with results in as fast as one day and some checks completing in 10 minutes.
Why it matters

Benefits

Hire before candidates take other offers
Cutting screening from 10 days to as little as 10 minutes means fewer strong candidates are lost to a competing offer while a check drags on.
Source-verified, not self-reported
Account-based verification checks employment, identity, and credentials against the source directly, reducing the risk of resume fraud slipping through.
Pay for the depth each role needs
A credit-based system means a standard hire doesn't cost the same as a sensitive role requiring academic, credit, and field checks.
One vendor for customer and workforce risk
The same verified-data infrastructure that powers customer-facing identity and income checks now covers workforce screening too.
FAQ

Common questions

How is Smile's background screening faster than a traditional check?

Rather than waiting on manually requested documents and third-party reference calls, candidates connect their employment, government ID, and financial accounts directly — turning what's usually a 10-day process into results in as little as 10 minutes for standard checks, or one day for more comprehensive ones.

What types of checks does Smile support?

Identity and employment history, criminal background clearance, professional and HR reference checks, credential verification, ID and tax number verification, payslip checks, CV validation, voice checks, gig-platform employment checks, credit checks, academic verification, and on-site field checks.

How does account-based verification differ from uploading documents?

Instead of a candidate scanning and uploading paperwork that then has to be manually reviewed, they connect their employment, ID, or financial accounts directly — the same data source used for Smile's income and identity verification products — so results are pulled from source rather than transcribed from a document.

Is Smile Checks compliant with local data privacy regulations?

Yes. Every background check is run in line with the data privacy regulations applicable in your market, and results are delivered to an HR dashboard rather than passed around over email or shared drives.

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Start with one capability or deploy the full lifecycle — Smile plugs into your existing onboarding and underwriting flows either way.

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